Lot 34
Claes Oldenburg
(American, b. 1929)
Study for Fire Plug Column
, 1975
Sale 870 - Post War & Contemporary Art
May 4, 2021 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

Sold for $4,063

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Claes Oldenburg
(American, b. 1929)
Study for Fire Plug Column
, 1975
crayon and watercolor
initialled CO and dated (lower right)
11 x 8 1/2 inches.
Property from a Corporate Art Collection

Provenance:
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
Condition Report
There are process related handling creases and wrinkling to the sheet throughout; an approximately 3/4 inch horizontal tear at the left center edge; two approximately 1/2 inch horizontal linear surface abrasions at the center of the sheet in the red fire plug column and to the right of the column; a heavy diagonal crease with cracking to the media in the black base of the column in lower left quadrant; otherwise this work appears to be in overall basic good and stable condition.

Framed: 17 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches.

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